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Christmas Canapés

Christmas Canapés: the quick, easy traditional appetizer with cooked ham, salami and lots of tasty toppings, for a creative, festive table.
Recipe Christmas Canapés
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Preparation 20 minutes
  • Servings for 4 people

The scent of the holidays fills the house and the table quickly fills up with tempting appetizers for Christmas lunch and classic finger food for Christmas Eve. If you want to surprise friends and family with a touch of elegance and flavor, you can’t skip the Christmas canapé recipe: a burst of colors and flavors that suits any get-together. Canapés are the perfect answer to how to make canapés for the holidays, with endless variations and combinations to please every palate.

Choose soft bread, brioche bread or crunchy crostini: the ideal base to let your imagination run wild. You can make cold canapés for a holiday buffet with cured meats like cooked ham, prosciutto crudo and salami, or make your spread even more refined with smoked salmon appetizers, tuna and shrimp in pink sauce. There are creamier, more delicate versions too, like canapés with cream cheese topped with vegetables, olives and tasty sauces, or timeless ham and cheese canapés. The beauty of this simple holiday canapé recipe is that you can easily make it vegetarian or vegan too, pairing fresh ingredients to suit your guests’ tastes.

If you’re looking for quick ideas for a Christmas aperitivo that will make your buffet irresistible, you can round out the menu with related recipes like Christmas Star Canapés, the fun Santa Hat Canapés or the original Polenta Canapés with Lentils and Cotechino. Don’t forget to include surprising ideas like Tuna Mousse or the very tempting Panettone and Salmon Crostini to complete your selection.

Get inspired and make your holiday table unique with Christmas canapés, perfect for sharing moments of joy and flavor with the people you love.

Ingredients for 4 people

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Method

  1. To make Christmas Canapés, first boil the eggs to get perfect hard-boiled eggs.
  2. Once the hard-boiled eggs have cooled, spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on the slices of sandwich bread, cut them in half and top them as you like with the ingredients you have on hand.
    Christmas Canapés, step 2: spreading mayonnaise on the sandwich bread and adding the toppings
  3. For the canapés with cooked ham, prosciutto crudo and salami, after adding the cured meat, place a slice of hard-boiled egg on top, add a dollop of mayonnaise and finish with a piece of giardiniera vegetable.
  4. Once you’ve used up all the ingredients, your Christmas Canapés are ready to be served and enjoyed. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!
    Christmas Canapés with tuna

Variations and Alternatives

You can make Christmas Canapés with all the ingredients you love most: all kinds of cured meats like mortadella, speck, coppa and so on, and all kinds of seafood like caviar, anchovies and so on.

Tips

For Christmas Canapés with seafood (shrimp in pink sauce, prawns, tuna and salmon), we suggest using crustless white sandwich bread.

Storage

Once ready, your Christmas Canapés keep in the fridge with no problem for 1-2 days.

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